Less than two hours after tickets for musical's London run went on early sale, Viagogo lists several at £999-£2,500 eachTickets for the London run of hip-hop musical Hamilton, the most…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe US standup star covers his love of junk food and his fear of doctors in a self-mocking set that shows off his voice as a well-tuned comic instrument Good,…
The Liverpudlian folk-singer has written the drama she always wanted to write, drawing upon her grandfather's shocking experiences of war at seaOver the past 10 years, Lizzie Nunnery has pur…
Us/Them dramatises the Beslan massacre, the London international mime festival has lots to shout about, and Theatre503 invites Neil LaBute, Caryl Churchill, Roy Williams and more to respond …
No Hamlet. No Willy Loman. No Jimmy Porter. Male characters have always been centre stage. So what are the great parts for women? We asked Britain's leading actresses to tell usTerence Ratti…
Playing Hotspur's wife in Henry IV, I learned how Shakespeare put passion into his roles for women " but not enough linesInhabiting Shakespeare's women can be frustrating, not because he lac…
Deborah Orr (Why can't TV make new plays for today?, 14 January) correctly points out that British playwrights are tackling many of the major social issues today in the theatre instead of us…
Ringling and Barnum & Bailey circus won't be coming to town any more as ticket sales fall and pressure over animal rights mounts One of America's oldest circuses, the Ringling Bros and B…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghLutton's production of the classic 1967 novel is a metaphor for the underlying contradictions of colonialismIt feels like an unresolved chord. Everything is on edge. S…
Barbican, London A remarkable triple bill melds everything from body-popping to krump and African dance, turning bodies into automata, weapons and channels of pure emotionBoy Blue Entertainm…
Wayne McGregor is one of the world's busiest choreographers. He's also into neuroscience, Antarctica " and walking his dog on a remote African island.In the opening and closing moments of Wa…
Barbican, LondonHip-hop dance crew Boy Blue Entertainment tackle the nature of identity in an awesome three-part showBoy Blue Entertainment is a hip-hop dance company founded in 2002 by the …
Royal Exchange, Manchester Kaisa Hammarlund's portrayal of Neil Simon's Everywoman strikes a perfect balanceSome people see Neil Simon's 1966 musical comedy (with lyrics by Dorothy Fields an…
Wyndham's; Platform theatre, Central Saint Martins, London A West End adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's novel doesn't quite soar, but we know a man on a trampoline who doesKhaled Hosseini's Th…
The Ukip era seemed time to revisit my play about xenophobic little Englanders and the transformative experience of travelTwo decades ago unemployment in Hull was high, there was a dip in th…
While theatre embraces dramas such as Love, Wish List or Boy, it seems sinister that television balks at reflecting austerity BritainTen years in, and the metropolitan elite is at last recei…
Park theatre, LondonA man tries to sell a dead eagle on the black market in a laboured comedy that, despite all the metaphors, has little to say about contemporary AmericaWhen Spider (Charli…
Cost of premium seats for hip-hop musical reignites debate on West End ticket pricesTickets for the best seats at the hotly anticipated US hit musical Hamilton will cost £200 each when it…
Trampolines, smashed crockery, ghostly goings-on … the annual gala of physical theatre shows no sign of slowing downAt Central St Martins' Platform theatre, two men " maybe brothers but po…
Theatro Technis, LondonTayo Aluko's tribute to Tunji Sowande mixes politics, music and cricket for a tuneful portrait of a legal pioneerTayo Aluko wrote and performed the remarkable Call Mr …
Soho theatre, LondonThe outre comedian, who was shortlisted for the best newcomer award at Edinburgh, is an engaging host as he reflects on adolescence and family lifeOn the basis of Nath Va…
From Derek & Clive to Harry Hill, the comedian and actor reveals the things that make him laugh the mostHarry Hill at the Pleasance Cabaret Bar in Edinburgh in 1996. It was a 60-minute s…
Yasmina Reza's hit play returns, while interdisciplinary art is celebrated. Plus: Mamma Mia!, In a Pickle, Much Ado About Nothing, Amadeus, Russian State Ballet Of Siberia and Blak Whyte Gra…
Pakana writer Nathan Maynard's impressive debut play is about moonbird people but is rooted in the everyday, with an ability to laugh about itself - hard Once a year in Tasmania, Aboriginal …
Samuel Beckett was first a cricketer, and then a writer. His biographer James Knowlson recalls an avid sportsfan who turned theatre into an extreme physical featIn a letter to a friend in 19…